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The perfect classical half hour

An engaging mix of classical music for half an hour, featuring Dvorak’s serene serenade for strings.

An engaging mix of classical music for half an hour, featuring Dvorak’s serene serenade for strings, as well as the string quartet that won the Polish composer Grażyna Bacewicz both the Polish National Prize and first prize at the International Composers’ Competition in Liège, plus the Dunedin consort plays tribute to the Glory of God in Bach’s mass in B minor

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Wed 9 Jul 2025 19:00
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Antonín Dvořák

    Serenade for Strings in E Major, Op. 22: I. Moderato

    Conductor: Colin Davis. Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra.
    • Tchaikovsky: Serenade For Strings / Dvorák: Serenade For Strings.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 5.

  • Reynaldo Hahn

    A Chloris

    Singer: Véronique Gens. Performer: Susan Manoff.
    • ALPHA.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Hungarian Dance No. 7, WoO 1

    Composer: Ede Reményi. Performer: Andreas Ottensamer. Performer: Leonidas Kavakos. Performer: Christoph Koncz. Performer: Antoine Tamestit. Performer: Stephan Koncz. Performer: Ödön Rácz. Performer: Oszkár Ökrös. Music Arranger: Stephan Koncz.
    • Brahms: The Hungarian Connection.
    • Mercury Classics.
    • 6.

  • Aaron Copland

    Saturday Night Waltz (Four Dance Episodes from Rodeo)

    Orchestra: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Louis Lane.
    • Copland: Appalachian Spring, Rodeo, Fanfare.
    • Telarc.
    • 4.

  • Grażyna Bacewicz

    String Quartet no.4 (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Lutosławski Quartet.
    • Naxos 8.572807.
    • Naxos.
    • 3.

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Waltz No. 2 from Suite no. 2 for jazz band

    Performer: Alban Gerhardt. Ensemble: Alliage Quintett.
    • Hyperion.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Gloria (Mass in B minor)

    Ensemble: Dunedin Consort. Director: John Butt.
    • J. S. Bach, Mass in B minor: Dunedin Consort and Players.
    • Linn.
    • 4.

Broadcast

  • Wed 9 Jul 2025 19:00
    ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 3

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